Fintech makes the world go around:

December, 2017

As the UK government's reports on how Brexit will impact different sectors were published… Hold on, I will start again. As the government published the reports that were originally supposed to assess the impact on different sectors in the UK, I had a look at those published about the sectors I...

Banks are scaling down their branch networks at an increased pace.
Banks have put a lot of money behind fintech and to retain branches would appear a contradiction.
But as branch closures continue there will be a tipping point for all customers in that when the nearest branch is too far away...

Fintech is a movement that is offering organisations a huge selection of digital services for them to choose from.
But they need not be limited by what is being offered on the fintech menu specifically but go out and tell the world what they need and what they are willing to pay for it.
Those...

Opening a new bank account in today’s digital world should be easy. Visiting a branch and other manual processes should be a thing of the past.
I recently put this to the test by opening an account with one of the new digital challenger banks. I can confirm it is easy. Everything was done...

Lloyds Baking Group continues to cut bank branches, with 49 closures announced this week as part of its closure programme. There are also 99 job cuts planned.
Lloyds bank is not alone. Recent figures...